How Much is 11 Years of Your Life Worth?

We all eventually die, but in between we do so much living… much of it at work. In fact, someone born in the United States spends roughly 14% of his / 1. We get this number by multiplying the number of years between working age and retirement (65-18=47) by the average number of worked hours in a year (2,080). We then take that number (97,760) and divide it by the U.S. average life expectancy of 79 multiplied by hours in a year (8,766). So: (47*2080)/(79*8765.81)=14%.her life on the job… that’s 11 years. 1When one considers that another third of life is spent sleeping a sobering fact comes into focus:

Unless your job is the thing you enjoy doing most in the world (or sleep is your great passion), roughly 50% of your life will be spent sub-optimally. 2

If you can put a dollar figure on it, great. You know exactly how much money you need to make to justify doing something that you don’t love. There is nothing wrong with this option. Many people should actually choose it. Living on one’s passion is actually rather difficult, and there is plenty of money to be had out there if you just go for it.

With that said, if you can’t place a dollar figure on that 11 years and you don’t 3. By it I mean life and by wrong I mean what you’re doing with your life.love what you’re doing then you are doing it 3wrong. It is now time for you to do something else. It doesn’t need to be today (life is full of realities like “bills” and “responsibilities”), but if you don’t love what you’re doing and you aren’t happy with what you’re making you need to take steps towards making a change.

I believe this line of thinking can serve as a powerful motivating force- or perhaps I’m a little insane.

Tell me which in the comments section below.

Best,

Rory

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